AMÉRICA: Bogotá/Madrid: Convenio Andrés Bello & Villegas Editores, 2004. Awards and honours Honor Scholarship, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1958–61, 1962–63 Medalla de oro de la Sociedad de Escritores Españoles e Iberoamericanos, Madrid, 1961. B.A. (Bachelor of Arts, "Cum Laude") Vassar College, 1963. Honor Fellowsip, Organization of American States (OAS) to attend Graduate School, Columbia University, City of New York 1965–1968. National Book Award, Essay, "Ricardo Miró", Panamá, 1966. National Book Award, Novel, "RIcardo Miró, Panamá, 1966. Central American Book Award (EDUCA), San José, 1977. Fellow, Academia Panameña de la Lengua, Panamá, 1985. Associate Fellow, Spanish Royal Academy, Madrid, 1989. National Short Story Award, Ciudad de Bogotá", Colombia, Colombia, 1997. Associate Fellow, Colombian Academy of Letters, Bogota, 1997. Keys of The City of Miami, EE.UU, 1997. Nicaragua's Most Distinguished Citizen, Orden Rubén Darío, Nicaragua, 2000. International Who's Who's of Women, 2002. Front Runner Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's Book Award, Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL), de Guadalajara, México,1999. List of Vassar College People, Famous Alumni, Writers, 2003. International Vice President, PEN International, London, 2006. Associate Fellow, Nicaragua's Academy of Letters, Managua, Nicaragua, 2007. Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, 2007. National Book Award (Essay), (CENAL), Venezuela, 2007. Continental Who's Who's, 2014. Bristol Who's Who, 2015. Columbia University's Who's Who of Distinguished Alumni, 2015. References External links Gloria Guardia reads from her work and is interviewed by Georgette M. Dorn PEN International UK Royal Spanish Academy of Letters Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá Vassar College Guardia, Gloria En el corazón de la noche, Sinopsis, 1940 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Panamanian women writers 20th-century Panamanian writers 21st-century Panamanian women writers 21st-century Panamanian writers Vassar College alumni Complutense University of Madrid alumni Columbia University alumni Panamanian novelists Panamanian journalists Panamanian women journalists Panamanian essayists Panamanian women essayists Panamanian women writers Panamanian women novelists Panamanian women columnists Panamanian expatriates in the United States Panamanian expatriates in Spain